Double D, I'm glad to see someone besides the 'makers' building a gun carriage! When you marry a carefully made, solid, white oak carriage with a great looking tube, you will hopefully provide some inspiration to several boards member who have always wanted to create something unique, but just haven't made the time yet. You heard me correctly. When many activities compete for your time, you must make the time for carriage building, not try to squeeze carriage building in between other commitments.
Thank you very much for including in-process photos. Maybe Mike and I are the only guys who really love the story they tell, but we think not. Most people have some desire to see how you achieved the goal of a nice looking, completed gun. That pleasant smell of working with white oak comes partly from the tannin exuded by that wood. I call that pungent smell my 'back-to-work', alarm clock. Every so often I fidget with my glasses. When I do this, I smell the pungent, yet pleasant, wood smell that reminds me: "You've had your lunch, now get back to planing more white oak, or turn off Fox News and get back to scraping more white oak."
Nice pics, DD.
Mike and Tracy